It's not easy to cut through a human head with a hacksaw.

Praise not the day until evening has come, a woman until she is burnt, a sword until it is tried, a maiden until she is married, ice until it has been crossed, beer until it has been drunk.

Discovery, they believe, is inevitable. So they just try to do it first. That's the game in science.

You can't get decent Mexican food in DC.

The academic world was marching toward ever more specialized knowledge, expressed in ever more dense jargon.

One of the most difficult things for a writer in this business to accept is the uncertain fate of one's work.

I tended to faint when I saw accident victims in the emergency ward, during surgery, or while drawing blood.